Readers were drawn to news that CarbonLite’s facilities were auctioned last month. | Courtesy of CarbonLite
Our two most-read articles last month both focused on auction action from PET processor CarbonLite. Brand owner updates also caught the attention of readers.
KC Recycling is a major processor of automotive batteries. About 4.5% of each incoming battery contains PP. | Courtesy of KC Recycling
A Canadian lead-acid battery recycling company is expanding its capabilities so it can produce post-consumer PP pellets.
Millions of dollars are available to redesign multi-layer films to make them recyclable or biodegradable. | Natykach Nataliia / Shutterstock
The U.S. government will provide up to $14.5 million to support R&D focused on single-use film packaging recycling.
Equipment in CarbonLite’s Dallas PET recycling facility. Indorama Ventures submitted the high bid to acquire the plant during an auction this week.
As part of a bankruptcy case, DAK Americas, Indorama Ventures and The Sterling Group have submitted the high bids to acquire CarbonLite’s PET recycling facilities.
U.S. exports of scrap plastics increased in the first quarter of 2021, with Malaysia as the largest overseas destination. | WWK Photography / Shutterstock
Recovered plastic exports from the U.S. were up in the first three months of 2021 compared with the prior year. Canada brought in nearly a third of all exported material.
The Circular Plastics Fund will target both post-consumer and post-industrial PE and PP in the U.S. and Canada. | Gajus / Shutterstock
Dow, LyondellBasell and Nova Chemicals will invest at least $25 million in plastics recycling infrastructure, with a longer-term goal of growing the initiative to $100 million. Continue Reading
ISRI’s adopted position comes as environmental justice is a growing topic of discussion within the recycling sector. | thirawatana phaisalratana / Shutterstock
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries recently affirmed its support for the “broad objectives” of the environmental justice movement, including equitable treatment for all people, positive contribution to surrounding communities, and more.
U.S. exporters shipped 2.9 million pounds of scrap PE to Turkey in the first quarter of 2021. | Kachor Valentyna / Shutterstock
The Turkish government this month announced it will end imports of recovered PE. The country is currently the 10th largest importer of the material from the U.S.
A new report implies the necessary funding will require efforts from all industry stakeholders. | Johnny Habell / Shutterstock
The Recycling Partnership says $17 billion in funding for the domestic residential recycling sector could increase the national recycling rate to nearly 70%.